Democrats demand full Mueller report

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Friday, 29 March 2019 3:59 pm

US Democrats want to see the full Mueller report.Image: AAP

Democrats in the US have intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report to be released after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages.

The demands came as President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on a four-page summary by his attorney general.

House judiciary chairman Jerrold Nadler was told by attorney-general William Barr that there is no intention of giving the confidential report to Congress immediately as he redacts grand jury testimony and other elements.

Democrats say they may subpoena the report if it is not forthcoming by their Tuesday deadline, which Mr Barr has said will not be met.

Through the day, tempers were rising on Capitol Hill.

Shaking her fist for emphasis, house speaker Nancy Pelosi said Mr Barr's summary, which cleared Mr Trump of campaign collusion with Russia and criminal obstruction of Mr Mueller's federal probe, was "condescending" and "arrogant".

She said: "Mr attorney-general, show us the report and we'll come to our own conclusions."

She asked what Mr Trump and the Republicans were afraid of and mocked them as "scaredy-cats".

Mr Trump himself headed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a campaign rally, where he deemed the probe "the greatest hoax in the history of our country" and warned that those behind it "would be held accountable".

"After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is dead," Mr Trump told a packed house of roaring supporters.

"This was nothing more than a sinister effort to undermine our historic election victory and to sabotage the will of the American people."

The length of Mr Mueller's still-confidential report makes clear that there are substantially more details that he and his team have documented in their investigation than Mr Barr disclosed to Congress and the public.